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<p>Gordon T. Luu, Michael A. Freitas, Itzel Lizama-Chamu, Catherine S. McCaughey, Laura M. Sanchez, Mingxun Wang. (2022).
TIMSCONVERT: A workflow to convert trapped ion mobility data to open formats. Bioinformatics; btac419.
doi: <a class="reference external" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btac419">10.1093/bioinformatics/btac419</a>.</p>
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